-
The Crossed Cow is The Partners blog. A collection of views, opinions and inspirations gathered from the team behind the UK's most highly awarded brand consultancy.
Tag Archives: Flash
Coke’s Happiness Machine
A really lovely experience idea from Coca-cola. Just wish they’d been having ideas like this in the days when I was at university. Coke / Coca-Cola – The Happiness machine – (2010) 2:00 (USA) Via Adland TV
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged adland, Application, brand, Coca-Cola, experience, Flash, Fun, happiness, ideas, play, Tools, Video, Viral
1 Comment
A big cheer
It’s not often that I blog about someone having done something well (I am comfortable in my cranky, critical skin thank you) however I, uncomfortably, find myself in a position where I genuinely wish to offer praise and ‘props’ to … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Strategy, Branding, Brands, Business
Tagged Art, Bad, Blog, brand, experience, Flash, Fun, London, National Express, ted, trains, vouchers, Work
Leave a comment
Intangible value?
This week we were delighted to have Ogilvy supremo Rory Sutherland come in and share his recent TED talk discussing advertising and intangible value. Rather than me spending the next couple of lines wax lyrical about the things he had … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Video
Tagged 2009, Advertising, Application, Creative, Flash, Global, Ogilvy, play, Poster, Rory Sutherland, ted, TED talks, Twitter, Video, Work
Leave a comment
Is this the worst film ever made?
We all love great films; Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Toy Story and of course the Star Wars trilogy to name just a few. There are also terrible films, you know, the ones that scrape the barrel for plot, like Catwoman and … Continue reading
Arriving at the Nokia viNe Brand Design
Nice, though not by us! Nokia viNe Brand Design from James Temple on Vimeo.
The referee’s a banker!
The Partners has once again teamed up with Richard House Children’s Hospice, heading back into the City to flex their fundraising muscles with another fantastic event, the Richard House five-a-side football tournament. Aimed at naturally competitive City workers the idea … Continue reading
No Bull
Last Sunday was the annual WPP 5-a-side Charity tournament, held at the hallowed ground of Wembley (well, Wembley Goals). It was our opportunity for Logomotive-Crossedcow, AKA the Bulls, AKA the Partners, to flex our leg muscles against the finest teams … Continue reading
Posted in The Partners
Tagged Art, brand, Charity, Flash, football, GLA, Jim Prior, logo, Marketing, People, ted, The Partners, WPP
Leave a comment
A studio with a view
We’ve seem our fair share of dramas unfold from our view on Morton Street in the last year, including two plane crashes (the most recent with a less happy ending than the first, unfortunately), a faked Airforce One fly-by and … Continue reading
Posted in The Partners
Tagged Application, Flash, Hudson River, Morton Street, New York, TPNY
3 Comments
Book of the Week
This week’s book, comes courtesy of the walking book shelf (and creative director) himself, Nick Eagleton: Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles For anyone bored to tears with the same 10 typefaces we use for everything, a veritable cornucopia … Continue reading
Posted in Shop, Typography
Tagged Art, Books, Creative, Flash, History, People, Typography
Leave a comment
Laboratory
After the success of our make-it-yourself catalogue for last year’s Jerwood show ‘an experiment in collaboration’ (featured in the Creative Review annual, Design Week Awards runner up and winner of a Platinum award at Graphis) we were asked to make a … Continue reading →